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The mystery here is why Fox is getting premium treatment from the cable companies - and why cable subscribers are being forced to subsidize Fox with bundling. Cable companies have a lot to answer for.

It seems like everyone has forgotten how much the original advent of CNN fueled the 24 hour news cycle, and the ADHD attention span of journalists for stories reduced to sound bites.

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I will no longer go to my hair cutter where every TV is set to Fox News. I stopped going to my gym, Planet Fitness. I complained once that not one TV was set to MSNBC. They changed one TV for me while two others still had Fox News on. Next time I went, no MSNBC, bye. Many bars and resturants have Fox News on as well. It's discouraging. I know it's pissing in the wind and it's hard not to have a cable subscription these days to have available the content you do want. I hate the Yankees too but I know some of my cable bill goes to the YES network. What can you do?

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From the macro to the micro: What goes on in Carlson’s brain/psyche (dare I say conscience)? every night as he spews unconscionable, blatant lies and scares the bejeezus out of Americans who trust him as he despoils his own personal citizenship? What kind of psychic illness keeps him going? Money and power for sure, but is there some sadistic thrill the spoiled little rich kid gets from spewing his lying filth while straightening his jaunty bow tie and catching a glimpses of his evil image in the mirrors he passes. Lord help us.

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The unbreakable rule in the entertainment industry is to Never Gamble With Your Own Money.

I’ll give old Rupert some props here: he’s found a way to have bomb-throwers on his network and not go out of business.

That said, Tucker himself is the producer of his show and I believe it comes from his own production company, which is a typical business operation for a host of an opinion show; he makes a program and fox contracts with his production company for the rights, which usually includes some amount of profit sharing of ad revenue. When the cost of the show and the ad revenue inverts, the show becomes unsustainable for the production company. It’s all in the margins.

This is what happened to Glenn Beck.

Advertisers fleeing will take a toll on Tucker's own bottom line; let’s see how long he can take it.

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I live for the day when I can choose what channels I receive and pay for. Who wants or needs many dozens or even hundreds of channels? It's like going to a restaurant and being forced to order more food than you could ever eat. Just another example of inadequately regulated capitalism run amok.

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The power we ALL have is not at the voting booth anymore thanks to the Seditionist Party(AKA Republican Party) being able to fix all future elections (with fair credit given to phony power hungry Democrats like Joe Manchin, Krysten Sinema and a few other cowardly SILENT Democrats), IT IS OUR WALLETS. If ALL of us who are concerned about the future of this democracy simply cancelled our cable service, pretty sure that would take care of the gluttonous, treasonous Murdoch Family and its "evil empire" and also show other GREEDY companies like TOYOTA who actually has the power here.

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Is there any way to bend the arm(s) of the cable providers?

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Fox is the dead rats the enemy pours down the public well.

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Consequences and repercussions

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Probably because people believe Tucker more than you and your ilk !

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This is of a piece with companies resuming donations to insurrectionist politicians.

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Then in fact all those boycott lists aren’t helping to end Tucker and Fox. We should be dealing with the Cable companies. There’s a lot of dangerous programming broadcasting across cable lines. Should we be holding them accountable? Does reinstating the Fairness Doctrine pave the way?

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